Optical Context MCP
PYPI · OPTICAL-CONTEXT-MCP
Compress OCR-heavy PDFs into dense packed images so agents can work with long visual documents.
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Last scanned (13 hours ago)
Scores higher than 70% of PyPI servers
Category Documents and Files
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security50
- Malware scan not yet available for this package.Unverified
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised build step with no custom scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
- 2 of 31 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency97
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to ChrBoebel/optical-context-mcp). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 36 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability63
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 136 tokens (~45/item across 3 items; 3 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management87
- Stability observed for 26 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage67
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 3 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 3 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).Pass
Checks we ran (15)
- Known CVEs
- Install scripts
- Dependency health
- Source repository
- Provenance
- License
- Maintenance
- Security disclosure
- Schema quality
- Stability
- Tool coverage
- Injection markers
- Destructive annotations
- Judged manipulation
- MCP protocol
Checks we could not complete (1)
These are gaps on our side, not findings about this package. We only credit what we can confirm, so a category made up entirely of them scores 0.
- Malware scan in Supply Chain SecurityMalware scan not yet available for this package.
Does not apply to this package (2)
- Endpoint SecurityScored on hosted endpoints only. A package has no live endpoint of its own for us to probe.
- Transport & ReachabilityScored on hosted endpoints only. A package has no live endpoint of its own for us to probe.
The score does not measure everything. What the score does not measure →
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 5 Nov 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 4 Nov 26 −2
- Stability: pass → 0.83 functional
- 29 Oct 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 28 Oct 26 −14
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
- 26 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 25 Oct 26 +15
- Malware scan: unverified → pass ▲ security
- 24 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 23 Oct 26 −15
- Malware scan: pass → unverified ▼ security
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed pypi/optical-context-mcp@0.1.5
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | pypi |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | ChrBoebel/optical-context-mcp |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/ChrBoebel/optical-context-mcp/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml@refs/heads/main |
| Rekor log index | 3005807888 |
| Predicate type | PyPI publish attestation https://docs.pypi.org/attestations/publish/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha256:d419a4a72584fc45a6c50909cc316843343dd96ef7bd2f4a91ca823f815a08e1 |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Install scripts 1 script
| Hook | Tier | Command |
|---|---|---|
| build_backend | Known build tool | setuptools.build_meta |
Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →
Dependencies 31 packages
| Packages resolved | 31 |
|---|---|
| Stale | 1 |
| No linked repository | 1 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
compress_pdf Compress Pdf ~61
Read a local PDF, run Mistral OCR, recompose it into dense packed PNG images, and create a retrievable compression job.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| chars_per_image | integer | – | – |
| inline_images | integer | – | – |
| pdf_path | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_job_manifest Get Job Manifest ~28
Load the saved manifest for a previously compressed PDF job.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| job_id | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_packed_images Get Packed Images ~47
Return one or more previously generated packed PNG images for a stored job.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| job_id | string | yes | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| start_index | integer | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Optical Context MCP server?
Optical Context MCP runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx optical-context-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
pypi · optical-context-mcp
claude mcp add chrboebel-optical-context-mcp -- uvx optical-context-mcp
What is the Optical Context MCP server?
Optical Context MCP is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.ChrBoebel/optical-context-mcp. Compress OCR-heavy PDFs into dense packed images so agents can work with long visual documents. This page covers its PyPI package (optical-context-mcp).
Is the Optical Context MCP server safe to use?
Optical Context MCP scores 73 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the Optical Context MCP server expose?
Optical Context MCP exposes 3 tools: compress_pdf, get_job_manifest, get_packed_images. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 136 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Optical Context MCP server still maintained?
Optical Context MCP is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the Optical Context MCP server under?
Optical Context MCP declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.
What did VerifyMCP test on the Optical Context MCP server?
VerifyMCP ran 15 checks on Optical Context MCP, covering Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health, Source repository and 11 more. One item could not be completed, a gap on our side rather than a finding about Optical Context MCP: Malware scan. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to a PyPI package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.